WORLD PREMIERE


HERSHEY FELDER as
Sholem Aleichem in

BEFORE FIDDLER

Live from Florence
Featuring Klezmerata Fiorentina

Book by Hershey Felder
Directed for the Screen by Stefano de Carli

A Live-Streamed Music Event
Purchase includes the live stream AND an additional week of “on demand” viewing access.

FULL VIEWING PERIOD: February 7-14, 2021.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Decades before the beloved musical Fiddler on the Roof first delighted worldwide audiences, there was Sholem Aleichem and his beloved character of ‘Tevye the Milkman.’ When he was only 24 years old, Aleichem published his first story, Tsvey Shteyner (“Two Stones”), and by 1890, he had become a central figure in Yiddish literature. Aleichem was known as the “Jewish Mark Twain” for his similar writing style and pen name usage.

Felder will play Sholem Aleichem himself – giving audiences the true story of what happened ‘Before Fiddler.’

Long before songs like “Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man” and “Sunrise, Sunset” first beguiled audiences, there was Klezmer, the music of the Old World; a music that imitated talking, laughing, weeping, and singing, and where musicians didn’t just make music, they spoke to you in song. 

In Florence, Italy, one of the oldest artistic centers in the world, a group of musicians have been virtuosos in the world-famous Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino by day (under the baton of  famed conductor Zubin Mehta), and then become the Klezmerata Fiorentina by night. The quartet consists of violinist and violist Igor Polesitsky; clarinetist Riccardo Crocilla; accordionist and bassoonist Francesco Furlanich; and double bass player Riccardo Donati.


For discounts on show packages offered by Hershey Felder Presents - Live from Florence see below. Proceeds from all ticket sales to benefit The Town Hall.

WORLD PREMIERE PASS includes
• BEFORE FIDDLER: Sunday, February 7, 2021
• PUCCINI: Sunday, March 14, 2021
• ANNA & SERGEI: Sunday, May 16, 2021

(Includes extended viewing access of the recording through Sunday, February 14th)

$55 per Household

Presented by:
The Town Hall & Hershey Felder Present